Electric cooker



Jun e2 7, 1933. P. F. VAUGHN 1,915,962

ELECTRIC COOKER Filed Sept. 11, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 "INVENTOR A TTORNE y June 27, 1933. P. F. VAUGHN ELECTRIC COOKER 1 .Filed Sept. 11, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Etc. 7

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ATTORNEY Patented June 27, 1933 UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE PIBL F. VAUGHN, OF SALINA, KANSAS,

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OF SALINA, KANSAS, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO JENNIE PHILLIPS, O F WIOHI'IA,

KANSAS ELECTRIC 000mm Application filed September 11, 1931. Serial 110.5623.

.My invention'relates to an electric cooker. The object of my invention is to provide vanelectric cooker having an upper and lower heating element and a plurality of intermediately distributed heating elements to project within the article being cooked.

A further object of my invention is to provide an adjustment for the intermediate heat ing elements to automatically recede should any of the elements contact on a non-penetrative portion of the article being cooked.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an electric cooker that will inclose" the article being cooked and introduce heat to the external and intermediate portions simultaneously as a rapid process for cooking articles.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, references being bad to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a. perspective view of the cooker having the lid portion closed. v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cooker showing the lid portion opened.

' Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view of the penetrative elements illustrating an adjusting feature.

Fig. 4 is a modification of the spring actu- V ating means for the penetrative elements.

I Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the penetrative elements carried by the'lid.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of one of the penetrative cooking elements.

Fig. 7 is a wiring diagram. 1 My invention herein disclosed consists of a cooker comprisinga body portion 1 supported by legs 2 and having positioned there- 1n aplate 3 on which articles are placed to is a plate 7 arranged to contact with or posim cooked, the said plate resting on a heating coil 4 and being insulated therefrom by a thin'sheet 5, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Thesaidheating coil is also insulated from the bottom of the-body portion to the extent to prevent shorting of the circuit and excessive eating of the same. I

Positioned'in the lid 6 and carried thereby therein,

the penetrative tioned in close proximity to an article being cooked, and having positioned thereon an electric heating coil -8 and being insulated therefrom suflicient to avoid shorting of the a circuit, and a second plate 9 positioned on the top of the coil and insulated in like manner for the purpose previously mentioned, but to a greater extent to. avoid excess heating of the plate.

The latter described plates and heating coils have a plurality of perforaticns therethru and in registry for the reception of sleeves 10-thru which heating elements 11 will engage with a smooth sliding fit, the said elements being pointed as at A as means to penetrate meat, pastry, or the like, each of the penetrative elements are bored axially to receive a heatlng coil 12 and secured therein by a cap 13, the said member having a flange 14 against which a tensi n spring 15 will engage functioning as a flexible support for said elements extending downward so that the point of each is in close proximity to the heating plate 3. It being understood that the tension of the springs are suflicient to 5 cause said elements to penetrate-thru meat or pastry cooking the same intermediate of and staggered as shown in Fig. 5.

In the event of cooking steak having bones it isshown in Fig. 3 the position of element in contact therewith forcing the same upward independent of the others, by which means the li may be closed without interruption.

' the bulk and in close proximity to each other of the cooker It will be understood that the said tubular penetrati ve cooking elements will be wired in series by placing the wires in the upper portion of he lid with a downward loop to their respective penetrative cookers and being of suflicient length to yield for the full extent of the longitudinal movement thereof osed, and the when such movement is imp said upper and lower. cooking plates are hooked u inthesame circuit for. simultaneous 'distri ution of the heat energized by the current as shown in the wiring diagram in and break the current.

In Fig.- 3 is shown a spring .15 wound on Fig. 7- providing a switch and a plugto make the shaft of the penetrative element as downward tensionin'g means therefor while in Fig. 4 is shown a modification by the employment of a helical spring, one end of which is ofree to flex within the helical spring as the same is actuated by longitudinal movement. v The purpose of employing the helical spring is to provide a container for the loops of wiring and to avoid tilting or buckling position should one or more of the spring of the spring, and furthermore to avoid rapid annealing of the same.

7 As a means to secure the lid in a closed elements be under compression as previously described, I have arranged a catch 18 secured to the body portion between switch 19 and plu 20, and rockably arranged on the lid is a asp21 having an elongated slot 22 in which the catch will engage as the lid is pressed downward, andsuch modifications may be employed as lie within the scope of the appended claim, and having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In an electric cooker of the class described comprising a body portion having a pair of plates snugly fitting therein, and a heating element placed between the plates, and a lid hinged to the body portion, the lid having a pair of plates positioned therein, and a heating element between the plates, the last said plates being perforated and having a sleeve snugly fitting in each perforation, a hollow pointed heating element having a heating coil placed in the hollow thereof, a helical spring secured to the blunt end thereof as flexible means to permit the sliding movement of the heating elements thru their respective sleeves, and to normally extend the same outward, the heating oils of the plates and heating elements being wired to function simultaneously.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PIRL F. VAUGHN. 

